Neil Parish, the MP for Tiverton and Honiton, is set to quit the Commons. After he was this week accused of watching porn in the chamber, Parish swiftly had the whip withdrawn and referred himself to Parliament’s complaints process. But he initially claimed he would stay in the job and continue to represent his constituency until the inquiry finished.
Now though the BBC has confirmed that Parish will stand down as an MP after admitting that he watched porn twice on the parliamentary estate. Parish suggested the first time he looked at porn it was accidental after viewing tractors on his phone, but the second time was deliberate.
It’s certainly been a rollercoaster week for the Devon MP. Before the identity of the porn-MP had been revealed, Parish appeared on GB News to discuss the allegations. On Friday, after the revelations first broke and his identity was revealed, he released a terse statement saying he would not comment at this stage.
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